Casino Royale (2006 film)/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* The second opening gambit, involving a chase scene with one of the pioneers of [[Le Parkour|parkour]]. The suspect runs through a building under construction, and leaps through a window above a door. Without slowing down or breaking stride, Bond ''runs through the wall'' to continue the chase. That one part defining Bond's methods.

** Earlier in the same chase scene, the suspect runs, vaults, and jumps into the construction site, and turns with his gun, waiting for Bond to follow him. Which he does. ''In a bulldozer.''

{{quote|'''M:''' And how the hell could Bond be so stupid? I give him double-O status and he celebrates by shooting up an embassy. Is the man deranged? And where the hell is he? In the old days if an agent did something that embarrassing he'd have the good sense to defect. Christ, I miss the Cold War.}}

** Also when she informs Bond that she will have him shot if he says her name out loud. Actually gave me shivers.

** He gets a more subtle one before that in a meta-sense. Bond needs to know where Alex Dimitrios is and what his plans are. So, he seduces the man's wife Solange and discovers that Dimitrios is heading to Miami. Cliché Bond logic would dictate that Bond screws her anyway because screwing random woman is probably what he gets as a paycheck. Instead, as Solange goes into the bedroom to await the nookie, Bond orders some room service ("For two?" "No... for one.") and ''leaves'' to go stop an airplane bombing. Bond manages to subvert 40 plus years of Bond cliche and ''saves the fucking day, bankrupting the [[Big Bad]] in the process'' by keeping his pants on and his priorities straight.

* Vesper is a ball of awesome (and hotness) on legs. Her very first scene involves her and Bond having a duelling [[Sherlock Scan]] moment, and she quickly establishes that she's not your typical Bond girl:

'''Bond:''' Skewered. One sympathizes. }}

** Doubles as a crowning moment of funny.

** "HIGHER! HIGHER! TO THE LEFT!"

* Bond's confrontation with Mr. White at the end, followed by the cut to the credits and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the classic theme tune]].

'''Bond:''' The name's Bond. James Bond. }}

 

=== 1953 novel ===

 

* The Baccarat game, which despite being 25+ pages long never seems to drag.

** Leiter gets his shortly after, when Bond is seriously considering just killing Le Chiffre in violation of his orders... and receives a telegram saying that the CIA has just chipped in a fat wad of cash for him to bet against Le Chiffre. Just like that, he's back in the game - and it's all thanks to Leiter.

** And Bond's is, of course, his inevitable defeat of Le Chiffre, dashing his plans and making 80 million Francs of SMERSH's money.

 

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